Branching live rock like that which came from Tonga back in the day has always been some of the most highly sought after shape for aquascaping reef tanks and marine aquaria. branching rock from the wild is unpredictable in shape, quality, and most importantly, it can be quite expensive.
在过去的十年中，有许多尝试重现最好的分支活岩石的粗糙和有趣的分支形状。We’ve seen clumsy aragacrete branch rock, and Real Reef has some pretty good looking branching rock made right in the US of A. But a new generation of hand made branching rock from Walt Smith Fiji is some of the most promising replicas we’ve ever seen.
沃尔特·史密斯Fijihas been making artificial rock longer than anyone, their efforts beginning in the late nineties simply to create bases on which to attach their farmed coral colonies from Fiji. In the intervening years, in addition to being a major exporter of wild live rock from Fiji, Walt Smith has been making man made live rock to offset their wild rock exports.
在所有这段时间里，企业在从沙子和水泥中创造出天然外观的活岩方面都有经验丰富，他们最近将注意力转移到了使人对分支现场摇滚的备受追捧的传真。上周经过斐济时，我们停下了沃尔特·史密斯（Walt Smith）的鱼，珊瑚和现场摇滚乐的行动，我们必须看到下一代现实，人造的分支岩石的样子。
在斐济的沃尔特·史密斯（Walt Smith）大院中，有一个整体的“岩石院”，其中最多有十几个工匠制作和处理各种人制作的岩石。除了看到最新的人造分支岩石外，我们还能够看到分支岩石如何创建的演变，但是最新类型看起来确实非常好。
The new artificial branch rock has a great 3D shape, no two pieces are alike, and the rocks themselves are dense, solid, and not likely to break in shipping. The current batch is only atiny bit厚的一侧,但未来refinements to the manufacturing process will focus on making the rock itself harder and stronger, so that they can be thinner, and therefore lighter.
